Church utensils
Lampada (oil lamp)
A small oil lamp with a floating wick burning before an icon — never extinguished in church, lit at home for prayer.
Церковный справочник
Что означают слова, которые звучат в храме: облачения, богослужения, таинства, устройство храма.
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Books and chant
Lenten Triodion
The book for the weeks before Great Lent, Lent itself and Holy Week.
Divine services
Lesser blessing of water
A moleben with the blessing of water — the lesser rite, which may be served on any day, unlike the great blessing performed only at Theophany.
Books and chant
Litany
A series of short petitions proclaimed by the deacon, to each of which the choir answers «Lord, have mercy».
Divine services
Litia
A word with two meanings: a part of the vigil at which bread is blessed, and a short memorial service served at the grave or at home.
Vestments
Liturgical colours
Vestment colour changes with the church year, telling you what day it is before the service begins.
Church utensils
Liturgical spear
A flat double-edged knife shaped like a spearhead, used to cut the Lamb and the commemorative particles from the prosphora.
Divine services
Liturgy of St Basil the Great
The older and longer form of the Liturgy, served only ten times a year — on the Sundays of Great Lent and a few other days.
Divine services
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
The ordinary form of the Liturgy, served on almost every day of the year — the one heard on any Sunday outside Great Lent.
Divine services
Liturgy of the Catechumens
The second part of the Liturgy, from the opening exclamation to the Gospel and the sermon — the part the unbaptised were allowed to attend.
Divine services
Liturgy of the Faithful
The main part of the Liturgy, from the Cherubic Hymn to the dismissal: the Eucharist itself and the Communion of the faithful.
Divine services
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
A Lenten service at which the faithful receive Gifts consecrated in advance, on the previous Sunday; no Eucharist is celebrated at it.